A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust

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A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Lithuania, explains how he saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors. By the author of Memories of Anne Frank.

Genres: NonfictionHistoryBiographyHolocaustWarWorld War IIHistoricalJapanese LiteratureChildrens

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